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They provide inpatient hospital and detox. Whichever one you start at the usual pattern is to step down through the levels rather than stop at once, and Wood River is the closest place to carry that on if you move.

They provide detox for 5 substances: alcohol, benzodiazepines, cocaine, methamphetamines and opioids. Whether a bed is free this week is a question for the call, and Alton has 8 other centers.

They prescribe buprenorphine and naltrexone, which means the medication side is handled here rather than referred out to somewhere else in Alton.

They take mandated treatment. What paperwork the court wants back is between you and whoever ordered it, and Alton has 8 other centers if the dates do not work.

There are 8 more within a short drive of Alton, so this does not have to be the only call you make.

Compare what each one actually provides rather than how each one describes itself. Any place promising a specific outcome is telling you something about itself rather than about treatment. If a place pressures you to commit on the call, that is information.

The first conversation is mostly questions about what is being used, how much, and for how long. Medical history matters here: seizures, pregnancy, heart problems and current prescriptions all change the plan. Ask what the next step would be and who makes it happen.

They are the same treatment delivered at different intensities, and the intensity is what you are choosing. Withdrawal from alcohol or from benzodiazepines can be medically dangerous, which pushes the choice toward supervised care. Ask what the step down from residential care looks like at that center.